| 100% | EMI | 3 | Recording giant broken up in 2012 |
| 61% | EMI | 3 | Big Four record co. that broke up in 2012 |
| 60% | EMI | 3 | Music conglomerate that broke up in 2012 |
| 59% | EMI | 3 | Big music label that broke up in 2012 |
| 59% | DAS | 3 | ___ Racist (alternative-rap trio that broke up in 2012) |
| 45% | PLOWS | 5 | Breaks up, in a way |
| 45% | DISBAND | 7 | Break up, in a way |
| 45% | USSR | 4 | It broke up in Dec. 1991 |
| 45% | SSRS | 4 | They broke up in 1991: Abbr. |
| 45% | USSR | 4 | It broke up in 1991 (Abbr.) |
| 45% | USSR | 4 | Country that broke up in 1991 |
| 44% | MABELL | 6 | ''She'' got broken up in the '80s |
| 44% | SEVENTY | 7 | McCartney announced Beatles break up in 19 __ |
| 44% | USSR | 4 | Superpower that broke up in 1991: Abbr. |
| 43% | PANGEA | 6 | It broke up in the age of dinosaurs |
| 42% | USSR | 4 | Superpower that broke up in the early 1990s: Abbr. |
| 42% | HOED | 4 | Broke up some clods in the garden |
| 42% | XXXXXXXX | 8 | Break up the soil, in a way |
| 39% | HOE | 3 | Tool used to break up soil in the garden |
| 38% | USSR | 4 | It broke up into 15 independent countries beginning in 1990: Abbr. |
| 37% | AARON | 5 | He broke Ruth's record in 1974 |
| 37% | HANK | 4 | He broke Babe's record in 1974 |
| 37% | USAINBOLT | 9 | Jamaican sprinter, broke 100-m record in 2009 |
| 37% | BOOKSALES | 9 | Publishers said these were record breaking in 2022 |
| 36% | OWENS | 5 | Jesse who broke three world records in 45 minutes |
| 35% | ELI | 3 | Giants QB Manning who beat Tom Brady in the 2012 Super Bowl |
| 35% | FREEDIVE | 8 | Vencl broke this world record in a lake in 2023 |
| 35% | TRACYSTALLARD | 13 | Boston Red Sox pitcher who gave up 42-Across's record-breaking 61st home run in 1961 (2 wds.) |
| 35% | MARIS | 5 | Roger who broke Babe Ruth's home run record in 1961 |
| 34% | JAMES | 5 | LeBron who broke Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's NBA scoring record in 2023 |